Ethiopian monoliths are 1,000 years older than previously thought (Heritage Daily 09/12/21)
Researchers from Washington State University have suggested that the giant stone monoliths of southern Ethiopia are 1,000 years older than previously thought
2,700-year-old leather armor proves technology transfer happened in antiquity (Phys.org 08/12/21)
Researchers at the University of Zurich have investigated a unique leather scale armor found in the tomb of a horse rider in Northwest China
Roman crucifixion: First example in UK found in Cambridgeshire (BBC 08/12/21)
The first example of a Roman crucifixion in the UK has been unearthed in a small Cambridgeshire village, archaeologists said
Ancient footprints suggest a mysterious hominid lived alongside Lucy’s kind (Science News 01/12/21)
The 3.66-million-year-old tracks from East Africa are unique, comparisons show
Peru archeologists find mummy up to 1,200 years old (Phys.org 01/12/21)
Archeologists in Peru working on a site in the outskirts of the capital Lima have unearthed a mummy believed to be between 800 and 1,200 years old—and, surprisingly, bound with rope
Molecular analysis reveals the oldest Denisovan fossils yet (Phys.org 30/11/21)
An international team, led by researchers from the Universities of Vienna and Tübingen, and the Max Planck Society, has identified five new human fossils from the key site of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia
The superfoods that fueled ancient Andeans through 2,500 years of turmoil (Phys.org 30/11/21)
What if Indigenous diets could save our politically and ecologically strained planet? The answer may lie in the success of an ancient civilization high in the Andes Mountains, where not much grows
Pre-Inca mummy found in Peru (BBC 27/11/21)
Archeologists think the mummy, found near Lima, could be up to 1,200 years old
Extraordinary Roman Mosaic and Villa Discovered Beneath Farmer’s Field in Rutland, East Midlands (Historic England 25/11/21)
Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK. Today, a rare Roman mosaic and surrounding villa complex have been protected as a scheduled monument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England
Prehistoric moms cared for kids better than we thought (Phys.org 23/11/21)
A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has revealed the death rate of babies in ancient societies is not a reflection of poor healthcare, disease and other factors, but instead is an indication of the number of babies born in that era
Ancient human relative “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape” (Heritage Daily 23/11/21)
New lower back fossils are the “missing link” that settles a decades-old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans
New discoveries in tomb beneath Temple of Hatshepsut (Heritage Daily 22/11/21)
Archaeologists conducting works at the Temple of Hatshepsut have made new discoveries in a subterranean tomb